At the end of Week 2, I have $50 left for groceries which means I’ve spent $77 so far this month on food. Here’s part of what I bought this week:
My purchases this week include:
- $6 for 3 dozen farm fresh eggs
- .87 cents for a box of baking soda (found out in the middle of making chocolate chip cookies that my baking soda had been used for a science experiment)
- $7 at Hyvee for 2 bags of Sun Chips and a bag of organic celery hearts (homemade stock is in my future this week)
- $1.99 for whipping cream {can’t have homemade pumpkin pie without whipped cream – even in the middle of an eat from the pantry challenge!}
- $24.32 at Aldi – my fav purchase at Aldi: 16 pounds of oranges for $3.96!
All told I spent $40.18 on groceries this week.
Other challenges for the week:
My van broke down and had to be repaired – something about an A/c relay draning my battery, a loose battery connection, and {by the way, when you try to jump start your vehicles, make sure you connect the jumper cables correctly. Otherwise, you end up with sparks coming out of the batteries and a fried electrical circuit…ahem…}
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$40 for a week isn’t bad though! Will you be able to make it through the month on the rest? 🙂
I spent way too much on groceries yesterday. It is likely our last major shopping trip till march except for fresh produce/toiletries. But I also cleaned and purged the pantry, and then I cataloged everything in there so now I have a reference for what I have. I plan to make recipes that use only whats in my pantry now, till we’ve used up all the older stuff and hopefully emptied it out more. I still need to catalog what’s in the freezer.
I don’t know, Michele…we’ll see! No shopping until March? That’s hardcore!
well I will shop, just not MAJOR shop, and spend as much as I spent on friday. 🙂 I spent way too much…
But that was based on the thought that I might not be working enough hours to make ends meet at my part time job… I was told a couple months ago that my hours in jan and feb would be cut down to 8-10 hrs per week… but that hasn’t happened. In fact, I’m working more hours next week than I have since I got hired. So maybe we’re not going to be as bad off as I thought.
Great progress. Bummer on the van break down. At least you had a “fund” for that, though. I love reading everyone’s progress on the No Spend Challenge. It’s motivating!!
We still haven’t seen the repair bill for the van. I’m a little worried. But at least it’s working again! 🙂
My van goes in for repair tomorrow morning. We have some kind of misfiring happening in the engine and we desperatly need a new fuel filter/pump. I truly HATE having my van in the shop.
I’ve been using skim milk in my coffee for years! I can’t drink it any other way now. Half and Half (which I used to use) now taste way too rich. It makes me feel sick to drink it now.
I love the 1/2 and 1/2! Hope I have enough change to buy some this week… 🙂
I’m jealous of your oranges, and especially the price!! I need to clear through some shelves, you’ve given me some extra motivation to do it.
The price can’t be beat! Love it!! 🙂